> Meltdarok aol.com> writes:
>

>>>

>> You really have no idea right here.
>>
>> The enlightening experience is characterized in Chan Buddhism as a breaking
>> free of the so-called ordinary thought patterns, to realize the non-duality
>> of one's personal experience. One of the best expressions of non-duality
>> is this quote from the Platform sutra:
>>
>> "Within your own natures the ten thousand things
>> will all appear, for all things of themselves are within your own
>> natures. Given a name, this is the pure Dharmakaya Buddha."
>>
>> The Dharmakaya Buddha, or the formless body of the Buddha that permeates
>> through all things, can also be named the "Cause of all causes," or
>> "First Cause," or "The Prime Infinity." It is in this body that
>> the whole of existence is manifested in all its glorious, yet fleeting,
>> transitoriness. All the forms that surround us, whether or not we can sense
>> them, are part and parcel of our own nature. When you suddenly open your eyes
>> to look, there is only your own nature to see, wherever the eyes may be
>> directed.

>
> I see you have cut and pasted yet again.
>

> I bet you don't have an idea what this quote really means, either.
> How about explaining what it means, in your own words...?
>

> HG